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noun
1. a place or angle where two or more sides or edges meet: 2つ以上の辺や端が出会うところの場所や角度
(平面･立体の)かど, すみ; 〖形容詞的に〗すみで使われる
e.g. Jan sat at one corner of the table.
an area inside a room, box, or square-shaped space, near the place where two or more edges or surfaces meet:
e.g. he drove the ball into the corner of the net.
a place where two streets meet:
町かど, 曲がりかど, 交差点(｟略｠ cor.); 〖形容詞的に〗町かどの(小さな)
e.g. an apartment on the corner of 199th Street and Amsterdam Avenue
e.g. as modifier : the corner house.
a difficult or awkward situation:
〖通例a ～〗 窮地, 苦しい立場
e.g. he found himself backed into a corner.
first or third base on a baseball diamond:
〘野球〙 (内外角の)コーナー
e.g. two outs, with runners on the corners.
a sharp bend in a road:
e.g. serious racers want a car that is fast going into and out of the corners.
2. a part, region, or area, especially one regarded as secluded or remote:
｟書｠ へんぴな所, 果て, 片すみ; 〖しばしば～s〗 地方, 方面; 〖the C-〗オーストラリア中部の州境地域〘New South Wales, Queensland, South Australiaの3州〙
e.g. they descended on the college from all corners of the world
e.g. his wisdom was disseminated to the four corners of the earth
e.g. figurative : she couldn't bear journalists prying into every corner of her life.
a position in which one dominates the supply of a particular commodity.
〘商〙 【株式･商品の】買い占め, 独占 «in, on»
3. short for corner kick.
〘サッカー〙 コーナーキック(corner kick)
4. Boxing & Wrestling each of the diagonally opposite ends of the ring, where a contestant rests between rounds.
〘ボクシング〙 (リングの)コーナー
a contestant's supporters or seconds:
e.g. Hodkinson was encouraged by his corner.
5. Baseball each of the two parallel sides of home plate, which are perceived as defining the vertical edges of the strike zone.
verb with object
1. force (a person or animal) into a place or situation from which it is hard to escape: 逃げるのが難しい場所や状況に(人や動物を)押し込む
〈人･獲物〉をすみに追い込む (!しばしば受け身で)
e.g. the man was eventually cornered by police dogs.: その男はついに警察犬によって追い込まれた。
detain (someone) in conversation, typically against their will: 会話に(誰かを)引き止める, 概して彼らの望みに反して。
〈人〉に詰め寄る
e.g. I managed to corner Gary for fifteen minutes.: 私は15分間ギャリーになんとか詰め寄った。
2. control (a market) by dominating the supply of a particular commodity: ある商品の供給を牛耳ることで(市場を)コントロールする
【品物の】〈市場〉を独占する «in, for»
e.g. whether they will corner the market in graphics software remains to be seen.: 彼らがグラフィックソフトウェアの市場独占するかどうかはまだ定かではない。
establish a corner in (a commodity): (商品の)独占を確立する
〘商〙 〈株･商品など〉を買い占める;
e.g. you cornered vanadium and made a killing.: あなたはバナジウムを買い占めて大儲けした。
3. no object (of a vehicle or driver) go around a bend in a road: (乗り物やドライバーが)道のカーブを回るように動く
〈人･車などが〉かどを回る, 急カーブを曲がる.
e.g. no squeal is evident from the tires when cornering fast.: 早く曲がるときにタイヤがキーキーいってないのは明らかだ。
PHRASES
(just) around the corner / round the corner
very near: とても近い
｟くだけて｠ (時間的に)目前に迫って, もうすぐ
e.g. there's a pharmacy around the corner.: もうすぐ薬局がある。
cut corners
see cut.
undertake something in what appears to be the easiest, quickest, or cheapest way, especially by omitting to do something important or ignoring rules.
in someone's corner
acting as a second, to a boxer.
on someone's side; giving someone support and encouragement.
on (or at or in) every corner
everywhere:
e.g. there were saloons on every corner
e.g. it's difficult to readjust when the past assaults you at every corner
e.g. young executives sprouted in every corner.
see someone/something out of (or from) the corner of one's eye
see someone or something at the edge of one's field of vision.
turn the corner
see turn.
ORIGIN
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, based on Latin cornu ‘horn, tip, corner’.